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Business & Economics
Alberta Companies Participate in Agroexpo 2018 in Izmir, Turkey
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2018-04-09)
Be a Host Farm or Ranch for Alberta Open Farm Days
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2018-04-09)
Considering the Spring Price Endorsement
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2018-04-09)
Contract Extension for Alberta Sugar Beet Growers
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2018-04-09)
Wood Biomass for Sale/Wanted
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2018-04-09)
Direct Marketing: A Growing Opportunity for Alberta Farms
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2018-03-29)
Advancing an Emerging Hemp Industry
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2018-03-26)
Employment in Alberta's Agri-Food Industries
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2018-03-26)
Crops
Spring Grazing Management: The Grass Matters Webinar
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2018-04-23)
Horticulture Checklist for April
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2018-04-09)
New Woodlot/Forestry Services Listings
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2018-04-09)
Tweet Your Crop Questions to ABCropChat
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2018-04-09)
Assessing This Year's Winter Wheat Crop
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2018-03-29)
Considerations for Your Cropping Plan
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2018-03-26)
Download the 2018 CropChoice$ Crop Budgeting Tool
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2018-03-26)
Off-Season Orchard Management
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2018-03-12)
Diseases/Insects/ Pests
Monitor for Insect Pests this Growing Season
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2018-03-29)
Cereal Aphid Manager App Now Available
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2018-03-26)
Alberta's Elm Pruning Ban Starts April 1
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2018-03-19)
Monitoring for Swede Midge
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2018-03-19)
Beneficial Insects: The Unsung and Unheralded Heroes in your Field
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2018-02-27)
Efforts Continue to Keep an Invasive Perennial Grass in Check
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2018-02-27)
More Requests for the Farmer Pesticide Certificate Program
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2018-01-24)
Three Insect Forecast Maps Go Live
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2017-12-06)
Food & Ag Processing
Registration open for Trade and Logistics Workshop
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2018-04-23)
Make Your Snack Bars in Leduc
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2018-03-26)
Exporting Alcoholic Beverage Products to the U.S. Webinar
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2018-03-12)
Alberta Companies Part of Canadian Mission to U.S. Midwest
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2018-03-05)
Alberta Agri-food Products Showcased on Cookpad Japan
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2018-02-15)
Proposed Front-of-Package Labelling
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2018-02-15)
Food & Hotel Asia and Philippines Trade Mission Opportunity
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2018-01-15)
Sustainable Procurement in the Food Industry
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2018-01-15)
Learning & 4H
New Scholarships for Alberta Rural Youth
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2018-04-23)
What's on the Table for Agriculture Literacy Month
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2018-03-05)
Celebrating One Hundred Years of the Lamont and District Agricultural Society
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2018-01-24)
Livestock
Concerns with Putting Cattle Early onto Pasture
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2018-04-09)
Knowing Animal Behaviour is Key to Livestock Handling Safety
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2018-03-29)
2018 Heritage Chicks Available
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2018-03-26)
Nominate a Researcher or Scientist Making a Difference to the Canadian Beef Industry
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2018-03-26)
AFAC Awards of Distinction Honours Farm Animal Care Champions
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2018-03-19)
Get the Factsheet on the Recent Vitamin Shortage
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2018-03-12)
Apply Now for the Beef Researcher Mentorship Program
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2018-03-05)
Banff Pork Seminar
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2017-10-31)
Rural Services
Protecting your Families, Pets, and Livestock
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2018-04-23)
Engaging With Your Municipality
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2018-04-09)
Nurturing Mental Health and Wellness on the Farm
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2018-04-09)
Get a Sneak Peek of the 2018 Growing Season
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2018-03-29)
Apply Now for the 2019 Nuffield Canada Agricultural Scholarships
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2018-03-19)
Check your Winter Burn Sites
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2018-03-19)
Revamped "Safe Transportation of Farm Equipment in Alberta" Now Available
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2018-03-12)
Start with a Farm Hazard Assessment
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2018-03-05)
Soil/Water/Air
What Are Your Fertilizer Requirements for Spring?
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2018-03-29)
Register for the Webinar: Soil Information Viewer - Steps to Becoming an Expert
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2018-03-26)
Get the Dirt on Soil in Alberta
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2018-03-19)
Statistics
Alberta Farmland Values Continued Steady Climb in 2017
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2018-04-23)
Farm Types in Alberta: The Analysis
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2018-03-12)
Reports See Growth for Canada's Agriculture Exports
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2017-10-31)
Trade
Alberta Companies Generate Leads at Foodex Japan
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2018-03-29)
Attend the Climate Smart Agriculture Mission to West Africa
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2018-03-29)
Alberta Companies Explore Newly Opened Thailand Seed Potato Market
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2018-03-19)
Exhibit at the IFT Expo this July in Chicago
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2018-03-19)
SIAL China 2018
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2018-01-24)
Visit to Vietnam Identifies New Opportunities for Alberta's Food Industry Suppliers
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2018-01-24)
Are You Ready to Export and Go Global?
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2018-01-15)
International Financial Institutions Boot Camp and Workshop
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2018-01-15)
Weather & Climate
Alberta Climate Information Service: Weather You Need it or Not - Webinar
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2018-04-09)
Alberta Moisture Situation as of April 17, 2018
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2018-04-09)
Alberta's Moisture Situation as of April 4, 2018
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2018-03-29)
Business & Economics
Beef and Pork Exports
- Jason Wood breaks down the 2017 numbers, looks at what is happening this year (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-25)
Seeding and Crop Insurance Deadlines
- Zsuzsanna Sangster reminds producers of the seeding deadlines and April 30 insurance deadline (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-24)
Weekly Livestock Market Summary
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2018-04-23)
Weekly Grains and Oilseeds Market Summary
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2018-04-20)
Changes to the AgriStability Program
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2018-04-19)
Spring Price Endorsement
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2018-04-17)
Weekly Livestock Market Summary
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2018-04-16)
Weekly Grains and Oilseeds Market Summary
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2018-04-13)
Crops
Shelterbelt Planning
- Toso Bozic discusses steps in planning a shelterbelt (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-26)
Understanding the Effects of Weather
- Emile DeMilliano discusses the importance of putting the weather into context with the growing season (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-24)
ABCropChat
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2018-04-23)
Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Update
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2018-04-23)
Looking at the Big Picture
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2018-04-23)
Spring Grazing Management
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2018-04-20)
Alberta Field Pea Environmental Product Declaration
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2018-04-19)
What are your spring fertilizer requirements part 2
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2018-04-19)
Diseases/Insects/ Pests
2017 Clubroot Survey
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2018-04-12)
Canola Diseases
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2018-04-11)
2018 Insect Surveys
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2018-04-10)
Diseases in Pulse Crops
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2018-04-06)
Cereal Aphid Manager App
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2018-04-05)
Why an Invasive Perennial Grass Could be an Issue
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2018-04-04)
Invasive Perennial Grass
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2018-04-03)
Order Your Blue Book
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2018-03-29)
Food & Ag Processing
Understanding the Local Food Market in Alberta
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2018-04-11)
More on GMO's and Consumers
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2018-03-23)
Understanding GMO's
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2018-03-22)
Opportunity for Alberta Exporters
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2018-01-25)
Japan Major Sporting Events Export Workshops
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2018-01-22)
Learning & 4H
A Big Day for Agricultural Societies
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2018-03-21)
4-H Volunteers Honoured
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2018-01-24)
Livestock
2018 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and innovation
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2018-04-17)
Supplementing Winter Forage
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2018-04-11)
Don't Turn Cattle Out Too Soon
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2018-04-10)
Get Your Heritage Chicks
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2018-04-09)
New Vitamin Factsheet
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2018-03-20)
Managing Potential Vitamin Deficiencies in Cattle
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2018-01-24)
Vitamin Issues for Livestock Producers
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2018-01-23)
Rural Services
Engaging with Your Municipality
- Jeana Schuurman discusses a new document from the Farmers' Advocate Office to help landowners (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-26)
Recognizing and Managing Stress
- Dr. Nick Mitchell discusses how to identify and deal with stress, and available resources (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-26)
Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame
- Nomination deadline is April 30, 2018 (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-24)
Alberta Open Farm Days
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2018-04-17)
Be a Host Farm or Ranch for Alberta Open Farm Days
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2018-04-16)
Farm Safety Planning
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2018-04-16)
Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame
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2018-04-13)
Nuffield Scholarships
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2018-04-03)
Soil/Water/Air
Soil Information Viewer
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2018-04-12)
Statistics
Farmland Values
- Farm Credit Canada releases its 2017 Farmland Value Report (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-25)
More on Employment in Alberta's Agri-Food Industries
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2018-04-05)
Employment in Alberta's Agri-Food Industries
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2018-04-04)
Using Population Census Numbers
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2018-03-29)
Latest Population Census
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2018-03-28)
Crop Farm Types in the 2016 Census
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2018-03-21)
2016 Census of Agriculture Farm Types
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2018-03-20)
Trade
Alberta and the North American Free Trade Agreement
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2018-04-20)
Generating Leads at Foodex Japan
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2018-04-18)
Climate Smart Agriculture Mission
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2018-04-13)
Participate at the 2018 Institute of Food Technologists Expo this July
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2018-03-29)
Weather & Climate
Alberta Climate Information Service
- Harry Brook discusses this valuable tool and a May 2, 2018 webinar to help producers learn how to use it (
Call of the Land, 2018-04-25)
Snowpacks in the Province
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2018-04-09)
Climate Change Conference
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2018-03-28)
Ministry Information
Growing Forward 2 Agriculture Programs Launched in Alberta
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2018-03-29)
Rural Services
Knowing Animal Behaviour is Key to Livestock Handling Safety
- Livestock handling information on learning animal psychology and triggers for unsafe animal handling (
Farm Safety Newsletter, 2018-04-25)
Nurturing Mental Health and Wellness on the Farm
- Farmers learn to deal with feelings of fatigue, anxiety or depression (
Farm Safety Newsletter, 2018-04-25)
Parent Alert: The Hazards of Livestock
- Information for parents to keep children safe on farms that contain livestock (
Farm Safety Newsletter, 2018-04-25)
Revamped "Safe Transportation on Farm Equipment in Alberta" Now Available
- Description of revised farm equipment transportation manual and how to get a copy (
Farm Safety Newsletter, 2018-04-25)
Business & Economics
Noticed in the Big Apple
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2018-01-21)
Top Three Trends at Grocery Innovations Canada 2017
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2018-01-21)
Upcoming Events
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2018-01-21)
Calling all Alberta entrepreneurs!
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2017-11-29)
Demand for local food growing in Alberta
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2017-11-29)
Explore Local Resources
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2017-11-29)
Regional Food Producer Profiles
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2017-11-29)
StatsCan 2016 Census includes farm direct marketing question
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2017-11-29)
Food & Ag Processing
Online food safety course for meat processors
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2017-11-29)
Statistics
2016 Farm Direct Industry Census Highlights
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2018-01-21)
Food & Ag Processing
Food News, March 2018
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2018-03-27)
Food News, January 2018
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2018-02-16)
Food News, February 2018
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2018-02-15)
Food News, December 2017
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2017-12-13)
Food News, November 2017
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2017-11-16)
Business & Economics
Alberta Direct Market Average Fruit and Vegetable Prices - 2017-2018
- A summary of average prices for direct market fruit or vegetable crops for the period 2017-2018. (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Changes in the Ethnocultural Landscape of Alberta and New Cropportunities
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2018-02-27)
Trends (and how to take advantage of them)
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2018-01-29)
Scoring a Growing Season - What Makes Success?
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2017-10-30)
Crops
Disease of the Month - Fireblight
- Overview of damage, symptoms, disease cycle and management of Fireblight (Erwinia amylovora), a bacterial infection that attacks the Rosaceae family. (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Hort Morsels - Bits and Pieces - Hort Snacks - May 2018
- Various odds and ends of information and articles of interest to horticultural producers from the May 2018 issue of Hort Snacks (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Hort Snacks - May 2018
- Introduction to the May 2018 issue of Hort Snacks, a newsletter with timely articles targeted at direct market horticulture production (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Insect of the Month - Tarnished Plant Bugs
- Overview of the life cycle, monitoring and management of Tarished Plant Bug, a pest of many fruit and vegetable crops (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Late blight Information (all crops)
- Overview of late blight of potato and tomato (Phytophthora infestans), an aggressive disease threatening potato and market garden crops in Alberta. (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Late blight and greenhouse crops
- An overview of risk factors for introducing late blight of tomato into greenhouse crops and how it might impact the greenhouse industry (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Things to Do / Things to Think About This Month - May 2018
- List of necessary tasks for horticultural producers to complete as ongoing maintenance for their fruit and vegetables during the month of May (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)
Upcoming Conferences / Workshops
- List of events being held in May, June and July 2018, that might be of interest to horticulture crop producers (
Hort Snacks, 2018-04-26)